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Sneak Peak and a sketch

Two treats for you today - a sneak peak of a stamp set you'll see in the Summer Mini catalog and a new sketch from Creative-Sketches!

The following card includes images from a new stamp set called Touch of Kindness. As soon as I saw it in the catalog preview (a perk of being a demonstrator), I fell in love with this bird-bath image. I was extremely lucky to win this set at last weekend's Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar and couldn't wait to share it with you.

Isn't it adorable? Those little birds are just too cute. I wanted to keep it simple so I didn't color in the sky or ground, but imagine how you could complete the scene by adding trees or clouds to the background. OOh, we're going to have fun with this set!

To see more ideas based on this sketch, be sure to visit the creative-sketches blog. There's a linky tool there if you would like to play along and share your work.

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